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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

L is for Lee

White Sox Homerun hitters from A.J. to Zeke

L is for Lee

Carlos "El Caballo" Lee

If asked who hit the most home runs for the Sox between 2000 and 2004. I would probably say Frank Thomas. Boy, would I be wrong. Thomas hit 135 long balls during that time period which is enough for 5th. Magglio Ordonez and Paul Konerko who we will meet later this week both hit 139 homers and Jose Valentin as well as the above referenced Carlos Lee both hit136. No other team had more than 2 players with 135 or more homers over that time span many didn't have one. .

Carlos Lee played for the White Sox from 1999 to 2004 hit 152 homers during that time putting him 9th on the White Sox career HR list. I n addition to his 6 years with the Sox, Lee played 6 seasons with the Astros, parts of 2 with the Brewers and parts of 1 season with Texas and Miami.El Caballo (Spanish for the horse) hit 358 homers in his MLB career. Lee averaged 28 hr for every 162 games played. His best 2 home run seasons with the White Sox came in 2003 and 2004 when he hit 31 in both campaigns.